Liberal activist Zee Cohen-Sanchez, founder of the National Ground Game, is set to release a documentary claiming to expose waste, fraud, and abuse within Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a conservative youth organization. Cohen-Sanchez, who has a background in Democratic campaigns, announced the film on social media, promising to reveal evidence gathered during her investigation.
The documentary aims to challenge TPUSA’s expanding influence on college campuses by highlighting alleged financial improprieties. Cohen-Sanchez’s National Ground Game was established to counter TPUSA’s presence by mobilizing left-wing youth for voter registration and political engagement using similar tactics to those employed by TPUSA, including campus debates and viral campaigns.
TPUSA’s spokesperson, Andrew Kolvet, is directly addressed in the documentary’s promotional material, indicating a confrontational tone aimed at the organization’s leadership. Newsweek has sought comment from TPUSA but has not received a response.
The timing of this exposé coincides with TPUSA’s rapid growth following the assassination of its founder, Charlie Kirk, last year. The group reportedly experienced a surge in campus chapter applications, donations, and followers. Within days after Kirk’s death, TPUSA received tens of thousands of requests to start new chapters and saw significant financial contributions, including large online donations and fundraisers for Kirk’s family.
National Ground Game’s ongoing “Unf**k America tour,” which launched the documentary campaign, asserts that its findings on TPUSA’s internal practices will be startling to the public. The organization pursues an aggressive grassroots turnout strategy, adapting techniques from TPUSA’s own playbook to enhance Democratic electoral prospects.